Your favorite underrated programs

jersey1302 · Jan 10, 2016

nolangoh said:
This program, in terms of score, is EXTREMELY underrated. I am still astounded that this program did not receive at least 140. #sickjudges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKqpeWrYqCw

Her 3A combo had a downgrade and negative grade of execution which left nearly 5 points on the table alone. Also her 3F combo got a 0 grad of execution. Alomst a total of 10 + points left on the table because of the quality of those 2 jumps if you would factor in if she would of had a positive GOE.

mrrice · Jan 10, 2016

xabia said:
So Youn Park 2014 Worlds LP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkvUpHd0uk4

That was a fantastic program. I could swear someone else had used that music but, I can't remember who.

silverlake22 · Jan 10, 2016

mrrice said:
I wish she had skated this program perfectly but, a mistake in the footwork shouldn't have cost as much as it did. ROBBED!!!

Christina Gao."Close Without Touching" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9ABuFoefvk

This was a great program. And she skated it clean at Skate Canada 2013! It was her ISU PB SP score! Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdSu4z2RN2I

mrrice · Jan 10, 2016

silverlake22 said:
This was a great program. And she skated it clean at Skate Canada 2013! It was her ISU PB SP score! Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdSu4z2RN2I

Wow!!!!!!! Thank You so much for posting that clip. She was really a great all around skater and that was such a pretty program. :points:

mrrice · Jan 11, 2016

draqq said:
Wow, lots of good ones already. I'll just put a couple of favorites here.

Ryan Jahnke's QR free from 2003 Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh0RR-wdh98
Stephanie Rosenthal's free from 2006 Nationals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMwXYdkSK4g
Ann Patrice McDonough's free from 2003 Nationals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gapmSpBS9Wg
Savchenko & Szolkowy's short from 2005 Skate Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNwTfaOyRzA
Sinead & John Kerr free from 2010 Europeans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K39tA_8zjXQ
Yukina Ota's SP from 2003 Skate Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0LvJxsA88A

I loved Stephanie Rosenthal's programs at Nationals. I think Uncle Dick liked her because she had a great dance ability and IMO great costuming. What ever happened to her?? I wonder if she's doing shows somewhere?

gravy · Jan 11, 2016

mrrice said:
That was a fantastic program. I could swear someone else had used that music but, I can't remember who.

It's on it's way to being a warhorse, so a couple of skaters have used it. The most memorable use for me has to be Ina & Zimmerman in SLC 2002. Also I just really like posting videos of John Zimmerman. Yum. :love:

https://youtu.be/ySq7p8akvPs?t=254

mrrice · Jan 11, 2016

gravy said:
It's on it's way to being a warhorse, so a couple of skaters have used it. The most memorable use for me has to be Ina & Zimmerman in SLC 2002. Also I just really like posting videos of John Zimmerman. Yum.

https://youtu.be/ySq7p8akvPs?t=254

That's it!!! Thank you for posting that clip. Talk about having beautiful children.......I remember seeing his wife Sylvia Fontana at Worlds in 2001. She is striking in person. Their kids, should they decide to have them, are going to be gorgeous.

AngelENTL · Jan 11, 2016

Midori Ito, 1992 Olympics SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvDz0Up_J_k
The team seemed hellbent on picking classical music to underscore Midori's artistic progression, but they seemed to completely ignore that she needed pieces of music that would enhance her natural charisma and energy. Case in point: her long program that year (a mess, in my opinion). But her short was perfect - dramatic but high-energy with a big sound. Aside from the fall, the rest of the program was spot on. The speed and centering on the spins was especially great. That some argue that Tonya Harding should've placed higher than Midori here is ludicrous to me.

Yuka Sato, 1992 Olympics SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJYgfLZLvXM
Loved the choreography, the edging, the attack in the loop. The footwork would be deemed too simple under today's code, but it is fast and fabulous. A very valid argument could be made that this deserved a top 5 placement.

Maria Butyrskaya, 1994 Euros SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5sRk-mpC4Q
It's Phantom, and not only that it's techno Phantom - but in this case two wrongs definitely make a right. Certainly all is forgiven when she busts out the disco before her step sequence.

bartlebooth · Jan 11, 2016

mrrice said:
That's it!!! Thank you for posting that clip. Talk about having beautiful children.......I remember seeing his wife Sylvia Fontana at Worlds in 2001. She is striking in person. Their kids, should they decide to have them, are going to be gorgeous.

They have two daughters http://www.redcarpetreporttv.com/20...n-silvia-fontana-and-daughters-sofia-and-eva/

gotoschool · Jan 11, 2016

jersey1302 said:
Her 3A combo had a downgrade and negative grade of execution which left nearly 5 points on the table alone. Also her 3F combo got a 0 grad of execution. Alomst a total of 10 + points left on the table because of the quality of those 2 jumps if you would factor in if she would of had a positive GOE.

The eurosport commentators repeatedly criticized Mao's ur calls, and repeatedly called her performances underscored at Worlds 2010 even saying that the issue of her underscoring should be addressed at the next meeting of the ISU. They also criticized the low base value of the triple axel.

Programs

Most all these programs are well known, but I think most of them (not all) are underrated in terms of scores and / or placements.

Mao's Nationals SP 2003 Light, elegant, athletic, ethereal and so incredibly emotional as if an angel had descended to earth and every motion and extension was a moving sculpture of perfection. The subtle knee bends at the end of each jump are marvelous. Nostalgic wonder for childhood innocence gone by.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKqpeWrYqCw

Mao's Bells of Moscow at 4CCs and Worlds - quintessential desperation- elegant, flexible and dramatically beautiful spirals, incredible one handed Biellmann at the end- the peek a boo and mask like poses through the black glove in the arabesques and the silky smooth dancing in the step sequences with 2 triple axels. Consummate drama, artistry, athleticism and sultry elegance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAIDUTDjBNc 4CC's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCwCo3GID2E Worlds

Mao's Sochi LP- This performance moved a mountain of emotion in me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5fA9o2sBis

Kristi Yamaguchi Nationals 1992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJNs1esR0_Y

Chen Lu' LP performances at 1996 Worlds (SP and LP).

SP : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-DeyZ5yY28

LP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCRaoNfU0r8

Chen Lu 1994 LP Olympics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpFZyY_0_No 1994

1998 LP Chen Lu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYzxIjEewuk

Denise Beillmann's 1980 LP at the Olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1_QiK85KRg

Kelly · Jan 11, 2016

mrrice · Jan 11, 2016

bartlebooth said:
They have two daughters http://www.redcarpetreporttv.com/20...n-silvia-fontana-and-daughters-sofia-and-eva/

Holy Cow!!! How Cute... :thank:

mrrice · Jan 11, 2016

Maria Butyrskaya, 1994 Euros SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5sRk-mpC4Q
It's Phantom, and not only that it's techno Phantom - but in this case two wrongs definitely make a right. Certainly all is forgiven when she busts out the disco before her step sequence.[/QUOTE]

Thank you for posting that clip of my wife Maria. You can see in that program why she used to do so well artistically with the judges. PCS wise, she was really great to see in person. She was the biggest flirt when she skated and she knew how to make the judges look at her. During her SP in Helsinki, she flirted with the judges even when deep in the corner of the rink. This is the first time I ever saw Maria. Skate Canada in 1992

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl9yRZOapKc

jcoates · Jan 11, 2016

Ryan Jahnke

2004 Nationals FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbzfIXTm0Mw
2004 Skate Canada FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TngyPQyw6k4

Matt Savoie

2005 Nationals SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFAsNpBJbk0

Jeff Buttle

2005 Worlds SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFAsNpBJbk0
2008 Worlds FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vJFdEfGk3w

Rahkamo and Kokko

1994 Olympics OD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVfx3lMip1E
1994 Worlds FD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRiX1wPC7ok

drivingmissdaisy · Jan 11, 2016

AngelENTL said:
Maria Butyrskaya, 1994 Euros SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5sRk-mpC4Q
It's Phantom, and not only that it's techno Phantom - but in this case two wrongs definitely make a right. Certainly all is forgiven when she busts out the disco before her step sequence.

Best line ever :laugh:

nolangoh · Feb 17, 2016

https://youtu.be/AOUe82Fu-C4

Gosh this program almost brought me to tears :') Just P E R F E C T.

SoundtracksOnIce · Feb 18, 2016

They probably aren't underrated, but definitely Boitano's Napoleon and Julia's Schindler's List are two of my best favorites of all time.

As far as an underrated routine, probably Mariah Bell's Titanic routine.

dorispulaski · Jun 4, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QCbAYc2GSg

Inoue and Baldwin Olympics SP to Adagio by Albinoni 2006 Olympics

First 3A throw done in the any Olympics, and still the best one I have ever seen. Gorgeous matching lines in the SBS spins. About as nice a program as I have ever seen to Adagio. It only placed sixth.

jenaj · Jun 4, 2016

MAXSwagg said:
And Yuna beat her in the fs.

With a fall. Didn't this scoring lead to the change in GOE valuation?

MaxSwagg · Jun 4, 2016

jenaj said:
With a fall. Didn't this scoring lead to the change in GOE valuation?

Not sure if this event specifically. Maybe someone else can expound upon that...

Your favorite underrated programs

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Kelly

mrrice

mrrice

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nolangoh

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dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl

jenaj

MaxSwagg

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